I am thinking traffic jams will turn freeways to parking lots. IMO.
I agree. If you live near the ocean you’d be better off going by boat. Preferably a sail boat considering that fuel will be scarce and extremely expensive if available. Also using a small private plane may work. In a perfect world you’d either own one of the above or buy/barter some ones services who has one. If all else fails, you know.
A few folks I know have those little scooters set aside for this. While being awarded absolutely no CDI points, they get 100+ MPG, are capable of traveling decent speeds, offroad, down sidewalks, though foot tunnels and can be picked up and carried around obstructions.
Keep it preloaded with an extra gallon of gas and a BOB, and you have a pretty smart option… of course you still look like a dork :haha:
Can you imagine what the road rage would be like?
Throw in hunger, thirst, excessive heat or cold weather, mass panic, crying babies, etc., definitely not a pretty picture.
This is why some decent level of fitness should be part of everyone’s preps. How long would you just sit there before you began to walk/run away from that apocalyptic mess?
Scooters are like fat chicks… never let your friends see you riding one… unless of course you are passing them on the freeway during SHTF.
Visit the DC Metro area on any given day and that will give you an idea. Check out recent washington Post articles about our recent “ice storm.” My plan is to stay in place until the crazyiness dies down.
reminds me or every post hurricane condition in south florida. Except for getting to work, I really just ventured out to clear a few storm drains near the house.
Any given afternoon in Atlanta/LA/Miami/DC/SF/Etc. will give you a pretty good idea of what the freeways will look like in a SHTF scenario - they are that way daily. The length of the overall “parking lot” may be longer during a disaster situation, but stopped is stopped, regardless of the cause.
Good idea though
I’ll be the guy on the mountain bike with the backpack going by ya 
duing hurrican Ike, I did quite well with the MTB, the M4 is broke down in the backpack w/a few spare mags and a G19 within immediate reach.
I could have easly made the 300 mile trip to AR if necessary in less than a week.
If it looks stupid, but it works…It is not stupid!
This is how I roll in regards to two wheels. It is the pickup truck of the bike world:
That being said, there is NO WAY IN HELL I would choose to live around so many people.
A long time ago I made a choice to forsake a huge paycheck for living rurally.
No regrets.
Could always rock a streetable dirt bike instead. Won’t get nearly the same milage but (a) you won’t look like a dork and (b) it’ll go offroad way better.
I intend to bug in if TSHTF during a natural disaster. If bridges are out travel will be nearly impossible with a family. However if there is pending doom and gloom coming I am bugging out to the family cabin early!
Certain things could make travel impossible even on a motorcycle.
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Earth quake large scale, bridges will go out, building will fall, roads may dissapear, land slides, hiking cross country may become impossible! Think Hati
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Hurricane, flooding trees down, wires down, roads and bridges washed out! Think Katrina
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Small scale weather events such as snow and ice storms could distrupt travel and lock up roads for days to hours!
A large scale traffic jam could be the end of many people in short order. Those pictures look like a total mess that I would not want to be part of!
Caulk the wagons and float across. Fording is usually too risky.
I’ve got a couple dirtbikes and my girlfriends Chevy SUV beats my Honda’s ass offroad anyday…
Water in Oregon however…
not going to do you a damn bit of good in 4ft of snow, or when youre stuck in bumper-to-bumper, penned in by concrete barriers.
true. but i haven’t see snow in FL since '83 and that was an inch that only lasted a day
The problem: If you KNEW you were going to get halted in gridlock, you wouldn’t go that way…
Only PRE-WARNED events will offer you the possibilities to CHOOSE your bug-out vehicle… In NORMAL TIMES, I do not carry a mountain bike on the back of my FJ Cruiser, nor do I have a scooter on a bumper rack like an RV has.
The only way I see myself as one of those vehicles in those pictures is if I was taken by SURPRISE… And my goal would be to GET HOME and bug-in… Which would mean WALKING for almost anyone in the same situation…
Rmpl